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Absolutely Fabulous (TV), 214
abstract expressionism, 152
Abu Ghraib, 350
ACCEPT (Romanian gay-rights organization), 437, 440
Acer America, 184, 195, 202
Aegis Trust, 305
Aeschylus, 214
Afghanistan:
after the Taliban, 269–85
artistic community in, 270–72, 273–74, 276, 284–85
author’s friends in, 38–39
Contemporary Art Prize in, 284
culture destroyed in, 29, 271–72
dinner party in, 280–83
ethnic groups in, 278–79, 461
filmmakers in, 275–77
music in, 277–80
poets in, 274–75
rebuilding, 272–73
Soviet invasion of, 6, 11, 272, 275, 460
Taliban in, 28, 38, 270–75, 278, 279–80, 460, 461
television in, 272–73, 278
update, 283–84
women in, 27–28, 271, 276, 277, 284
Africa:
antisodomy laws in, 35
gay people in, 431
“native art” in, 146
tourism in, 23, 227
transitional societies in, 249
see also specific nations
African National Congress (ANC), 142, 148, 151, 157, 162–64, 175
Agili, Hasan, 35, 39, 335, 356
Ahmida, Ali Abdullatif, 326, 345
Ainslie, Bill, 152
Ai Weiwei, 103, 129, 137, 138, 139–40
Akhlaqi, Ali, 284
Alborough, Alan, 146
Alexander, Jane, 151
Alexander the Great, 215, 217, 271
Alexandrova, Avdotja, 98
Alexeev, Nikita, 13
Al-Fateh, 340
Al Jazeera, 341
Alkikli, Omar, 335
al-Qaeda, 272, 325, 460
Al Shams (The Sun), Libya, 327, 339
Alston, Philip, 409
Alvarez, A., 250
Amach, Sanga, 284
Amazon rainforest, 425
Amin, Idi, 335
Amnesty International, 356, 426, 427
Amos, Howard, 177
Ando, Tadao, 288, 289, 290, 291
André, Marcus, 414–15
Antarctica, 385–96
ban on polar mining in, 396
blue snow of, 394
Chinese research stations on, 396
icebergs of, 393–94
krill harvesting at, 396
new fungi in, 396
oil and mineral resources of, 396
pack ice of, 388–95
penguins of, 396
Shackleton Centennial Expedition to, 385
update, 395–96
vulnerability of, 385
Antarctic Circle, crossing of, 388
Antarctic Treaty, 396
Anufriev, Sergey, 47, 48
Arab Spring, 448, 449
Arakan (Rakhine) State, 459, 461–63
author’s visit to, 464–68
Araujo, Cleber, 426
Argumenty i Fakty, 72
Aris, Michael, 456
armaments, development of, 41
Arman (Hope), 274
art:
for art’s sake, 152
auction world of, 53
commercial expectations of, 13, 54–55, 56, 112
conceptual, 144, 206
and controversy, 176, 181, 186
and craft, 144–45, 146, 165, 207, 284
cultural vocabulary of, 186
as entertainment, 13, 46–47
figurative painting, 111
formalism, 135
interpretation of, 185–86
minimalism, 135
modernism, 135
painted miniatures, 273
performance art, 47, 76–77, 137, 210, 284
and politics, 15, 140, 162–64, 184–85, 191, 210
power to change the world, 13, 152
and protectionism, 184, 196
purposes of, 14, 15, 54, 56
purposes of museums, 189
radical form in, 109
realist, 108, 125
trompe l’oeil, 380
and truth, 56, 59
visual, 148
Asefi, Yousof, 270, 273�
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Asian democracies, US support of, 185
Atatürk, Kemal, 337
Athens, Olympics in, 416
Attiga, Giumma, 335
Augustine of Hippo, 16
Aung Kyaw Naing, 479
Aung Min, 467
Aung San, 451, 455, 475
Aung San Suu Kyi, 37, 443–44, 446, 447, 454–58, 476, 479
background of, 455–56
and elections, 455, 456–58, 462, 475, 482
and ethnic groups, 461, 462
The Voice of Hope, 453
Australia, 483–92
Aye Ko, 446
Aye Lwin, 463, 468
Azerbaijan, organized crime in, 87–88
Baggio, Rodrigo, 415–16
Bahkstein, Josif, 64, 67
Bailey, Beezy, 147, 166, 169
Balanchine, George, 300
Baldwin, James, Giovanni’s Room, 81
Bali, clan system in, 398
Baloyi, Vincent, 155
Bangladesh, 458, 465, 481
Bangweulu Swamps, Zambia, 222–24
Bank for International Settlements, 347
Barcelona, Olympics in, 416
Barker, Wayne, 147
Bashir, Omar al-, 339
Bastos Marques, Maria Silvia, 416, 418
Bastrykin, Alexander, 100
Baywatch (TV), 17
BBC, 130, 177
Bebe Scott (nanny), 3–4
Begalov, Yuri, 84–85, 97
Beijing:
ear massage in, 369
food in, 367–69
Forbidden City in, 187, 188, 373–76, 378, 383
Garden of the Palace of Established Happiness, 383
Qianlong Garden in, 373–84
Beijing Independent Film Festival, 136
Beltrame, José Mariano, 410–14
Benesse Art Site, 288–91
Benesse Island, Japan, 287–91
Art House Projects, 290
Chichu Museum, 291
Benghazi, Libya, 345, 352–53, 356
Bengkala, Bali:
alcohol abuse in, 402
deafness in, 397–405
government of, 398
Ben-Gurion, David, 468
Berlusconi, Silvio, 348
Bermuda, map of, 49
Bernhardt, Sarah, 423
Bester, Willie, 156–58
Bi Mon Te Nay, 479
bin Laden, Osama, 325, 347
Birch, James, 126
Birman, Yevgeny, 73–74, 78
Bisgaard, Poul, 251–52
Bite of China, A (TV), 370
Black, Robert, QC, 346
Blair, Gavin, 219–27
Blair, Marjorie, 220–27
Blair, Tony, 27, 348
Blignaut, Belinda, 146
Bobrova, Yelena, 102
Boltanski, Christian, Les Archives du Coeur, 291
Bolton, John, 348
Bonaparte, Napoléon, 5, 57
Bonnet, Catherine, 308
Borit, Misuu, 457, 463–64, 477–78
Botha, Andries, 150–51
Botswana:
elephants in, 23–24
travel in, 219
Botticelli, Sandro, 125
Bouazizi, Mohamed, 448
Bowman, Vicky, 446, 474
Bo Xiaobo, 128
Brady, Anne-Marie, 396
Brâncuşi, Constantin, Endless Column, 287
Brasília, capital of Brazil, 409
Bratskii Krug, 100
Brazil, 407–28
democracy in, 415, 421
dictatorship in, 418, 421, 422
economy of, 407, 415–17
inequality in, 409
models in, 423
NGOs in, 422
and offshore oil, 407
rainforest in, 425
see also specific cities
Bremmer, Ian, 101
Brezhnev, Leonid, 45–46, 47, 61, 92
Bronya, Pani, 76, 97
Brown, David J., 150
Bruskin, Grisha, 52
Buckingham Palace, 374
Buddha, living, 381
Buddhism:
born in India, 459
Chan, 381
ideal of pure nature, 378, 381
idea of forgiveness, 453
monasteries, 288, 449–50
religious structures of, 466
Theravada, 450, 459, 462, 465, 480, 481
Tibetan, 381–82
Buhuceanu, Florin, 437, 440
Bulatov, Erik, 57
Bulgaria, travel in, 6–7, 25
Burma, 450–51
Communists in, 469
see also Myanmar
Burmese cats, 478
Burnett, Ricky, 171
Bush, George H. W., 347
Bush, George W., 27, 90, 326, 347–48, 437
Butcher, Duane, 440
Cahill, James, 201
Cai Guo-Qiang, 103
Cultural Melting Bath, 290
Golden Missile, 210
Calder, Alexander, 290
Cambodia:
civil war in, 229–31
depression in, 229–35
Future Light Orphanage in, 231, 235
Khmer medicine in, 233
Khmer Rouge in, 230–32, 468
mental health in, 235
Cambridge Energy Research Associates, 344
Cameroon, homosexuality punished in, 35
Camp, S. Talcott, 23
Campbell Island, 384
Cao Fei, 135–36
Cardiff, Janet, 291
Carol I, king of Romania, 437
Cărtărescu, Mircea, 436, 440–41
Carvalho, José, 410–11
Caryl, Christian, 16–17
Casé, Regina, 425
Castiglione, Giuseppe (“Lang Shining”), 380
Castro, Fidel, 18
Catherine the Great, 5, 376
Ceauşescu, Nicolae, 6, 119
Cele, Alois, 156
censorship:
in China, 36–37, 104, 175
in Myanmar, 443, 451, 461, 470–73, 479–80, 481
and PEN, 36–37
in Russia, 57–58, 97, 98, 175
in South Africa, 175–76
Central Academy, Beijing, 108, 131
Central House of Artists, Moscow, 85–86
Cernea, Remus, 440, 441
Cézanne, Paul, 185, 213
Chang, Johnson, 120
Chang, K. C., Food in Chinese Culture, 363
change, unexpected effects of, 28–30
Chang Lin-sheng, 182, 190, 194, 198
Charles, Prince of Wales, 213
Chechnya, organized crime in, 100
Chekhov, Anton, 11, 67
Chengdu, China, food in, 366–67
Chen Guang, 137
Chen Hui-chiao, 208
Chen Shaoping, 113
Chen Shih-meng, 198
Chen Yifei, 125
Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 11
Chiang Kai-shek, 183, 184, 188, 190, 197–98, 468
China:
advanced civilization in, 128–29
and Antarctica, 396
art of, see Chinese art
Buddhism in, 381
censorship in, 36–37, 104, 175
Communism in, 134, 188, 359, 360, 375
criticism of government punished in, 138
cultural heritage of, 375
Cultural Revolution, 28–29, 108, 113, 119–24, 139, 162, 193, 230, 468
Democracy Wall movement, 108, 111, 121, 123
food in, 359–71
Forbidden City in, 187, 188, 373–76, 378, 383
Great Wall, 375
hierarchical society of, 106
housing in, 117–18
Hygiene Campaign (1991), 117
idealism in, 119, 123
imperial rulers of, 375, 381, 382
intelligentsia in, 105
international trade of, 376
Internet use in, 138–39
languag
e in, 128–29
last emperor (Pu Yi) of, 188, 376
life in, 29
and Myanmar, 449, 458, 476
nationalism in, 131, 192, 197, 247
New Policy in, 186
Olympic Games in, 126, 139
pollution in, 370
possibility of democracy in, 105, 121–22, 134
Qianlong Garden in, 373–84
radical individualism in, 105, 113–15, 134, 136–40
Red Guards in, 120, 124
and reunification, 202–4, 206
ruling the world, 132
Sichuan earthquake (2008), 139
social change in, 360
and Taiwan, 184, 185, 195, 196–98, 205, 206
Tiananmen Square, 26, 109, 110, 115, 121–22, 123, 137, 138, 374, 448
tradition of conformity in, 105, 112, 113, 121, 131, 134, 139
two camps in, 141
updates, 135–40, 369–71
Warring States period (475–221 BC), 378
Western exhibitions in, 125–28
Chinati Foundation, Texas, 287
Chinese art, 103–39
abroad, 129
artist harassment and lawsuit, 132–34, 137
avant-garde, 105, 106–8, 109–10, 113–17, 118–23, 124, 125, 127, 131
brush-and-ink painting, traditional, 108, 112–13, 124–25, 128, 206
calligraphy, 187, 199–203, 378
categories of, 110
collections of, 186–88
contemporary, 135–40
Cynical Realism, 110–12, 118, 135, 140
and emphasis on past, 202
Gaudy Art, 135, 140
guohua styles, 125, 128
hidden meanings in, 138–39, 186, 205, 272, 378
Imperial Collection, 187–89, 192, 203, 379
Japanese influence on, 380
landscape paintings, 186, 378, 379
literati (scholar-artist ink painting), 108, 290, 379
moved to Taiwan (1949), 183, 185, 188, 198
New Revolutionaries, 119, 129
“No U-turn” symbol in, 109–10
official crackdown on, 136–40
paper cutting, 131
performance art, 137
Political Pop, 110, 112, 118, 475
Post-’89 influence on, 111, 112, 113, 115, 118–19, 122
as propaganda vehicle, 140
realism, 108, 125
sales of, 135
scrolls, 190
“slender gold” calligraphy, 201
history of, 108–10
Soviet model for, 108
US tour (Chinese Art Treasures, 1961), 188
and Western art, 108, 109, 125, 131–32, 135, 210, 381
Chin Hsiao-yi, 184, 190–91, 193
Chin women, tattoos of, 465
Chirac, Jacques, 348
Chitambo, Chief, 224–25
Chizhov, Georgy, 102
Chopin, Frédéric, 366
Chou Chuan, 191, 192
Chou Hai-sheng, 206
Chou Kung-shin, 203
Christiansen, René Birger, 255
Chuck (friend), 294
Chu Hui-liang, 191, 194